Word Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform

by Stephen K. Reed

Research by cognitive psychologists and mathematics educators has often been compartmentalized by departmental boundaries. Word Problems integrates this research to show its relevance to the debate on the reform of mathematics education.

Beginning with the different knowledge structures that represent rule learning and conceptual learning, the discussion proceeds to the application of these ideas to solving word problems. This is followed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805826610
• ISBN13: 9780805826616
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"